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. >> those remarks come after a flurry of early defenses from the obama campaign. there was blaming the dishonesty. who were whoa talking to the other day? dick durbin, wasn't he saying he was so stunned by the president -- by mitt romney lying that he just couldn't get an answer out? >> yes. >> and then, of course, the whole pressure from the high altitude comments. i'm just throwing them -- i don't make them up. i just repeat them. columnist joel stein, his book qualified man made: a stupid quest for masculinity." let's talk about the v.p. debate. you'll be watching it, obviously. >> i am. i'll be at a book thing, which will have wine from this winery. it will be kind of a drinking game. hopefully there will be a tv where i can watch it. >> you are a drinking game expert. if there is such a thing. >> no. that's waet to keep these debates interesting. i will be drinking this stark raving wine. i'm jewish. i have jew stomach. the things i'll be asking require requires a lot of sips. every time joe biden mentions amtrak, every time he refers himself in third person.
. >> those remarks come after a flurry of early defenses from the obama campaign. there was blaming the dishonesty. who were whoa talking to the other day? dick durbin, wasn't he saying he was so stunned by the president -- by mitt romney lying that he just couldn't get an answer out? >> yes. >> and then, of course, the whole pressure from the high altitude comments. i'm just throwing them -- i don't make them up. i just repeat them. columnist joel stein, his book qualified...
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defending cuts, half defense, half nondefense. republicans don't like the defense cuts. democrats don't like the nondefense cuts. and we have the freshry debt ceiling. whichever party doesn't win the election is going to use that to help support their side. you know what? it's odd, but i think the political stars are actually aligned that we are going to get a deal. at least a reasonably good deal, solve these issues. and if we do, the good things that are happening in our underlying economy, what jpmorgan is talking about in the banking system, american businesses, all those things will start to shine through. >> maybe congress won't be as stupid as alan simpson thinks it will be. i want to switch to taxes and this claim by the romney/ryan team campaign that they would cut tax rates by 20%, across the board, still maintaining tax, you know, tax breaks that are there for the middle class. they wouldn't get rid of middle-class deductions. but also they wouldn't be rolling back any kind of investment taxes either. i want you to listen to what paul ryan said last night. >>
defending cuts, half defense, half nondefense. republicans don't like the defense cuts. democrats don't like the nondefense cuts. and we have the freshry debt ceiling. whichever party doesn't win the election is going to use that to help support their side. you know what? it's odd, but i think the political stars are actually aligned that we are going to get a deal. at least a reasonably good deal, solve these issues. and if we do, the good things that are happening in our underlying economy,...
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the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards who was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened simultaneously from three different directions. he says that he initially heard chanting growing increasingly louder and then suddenly the gunfire, the rocket-propelled grenades, and other heavy machine gunfire all began attackiattack ing the compound in is where am boss der chris stevens slept. a makeshift safe room. here on the floor is where cnn found the ambassador's journal. it is also the same room where the ambassador was located, hours after the attack first began, separated by smoke from his security detail. the u.s. initially said the assault was a result of a demonstration turned violent. >> putting together the best information that we have available to us today, our current assessment is that what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just trans fired hours before in chiropractcairo, almost a copycat of the demonstrat
the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards who was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened simultaneously from three different directions. he says that he initially heard chanting growing increasingly louder and then suddenly the gunfire, the rocket-propelled grenades, and other heavy machine gunfire all began attackiattack ing the compound in is where am boss der chris stevens slept. a makeshift safe room. here on...
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they have a contrast between managing the decline of america, weaker defense versus stronger defense. with the hubbub of what happened immediately after benghazi when the reporters for a few days were focused on what mitt romney said and when about the apology that came out of the egyptian embassy, the u.s. embassy. in fact, his statements were very consistent with what the secretary of state said seven hours later. >> right. but the problem was that they pre -- >> shoot before you aim. but it was he who shot before he aimed because he was talking at the time of spontaneous demonstrations. now reluctantly they've admitted there was a preplanned it sha n >> wouldn't you argue both were wrong? one to say it was not a preplanned attack, obviously they changed that. you're right. that was completely erroneous. at the same time to put out a statement before -- to criticize a statement that had been put out earlier that was also shooting from the hip? i thought both were deemed to be in error, i would say. both of them were both in error on that, sir. >> well, with all due respect, you're e
they have a contrast between managing the decline of america, weaker defense versus stronger defense. with the hubbub of what happened immediately after benghazi when the reporters for a few days were focused on what mitt romney said and when about the apology that came out of the egyptian embassy, the u.s. embassy. in fact, his statements were very consistent with what the secretary of state said seven hours later. >> right. but the problem was that they pre -- >> shoot before you...